Sad-iron.



Rx W. KELLEY.

SAD IRON.

APPLICATION FILED Aue. I4. I9I4.

1,155,424. Patented Oct. 5,1915.

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ROY W. KELLEY, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO ,WESTERN PATTERN MANU-FACTURIN G- COMPANY, 0F MOLINE, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

san-IRON.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patentes oet. 5, 1915..

Application filed August 14., 1914. Serial No. 856,799.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROY W. KELLEY, a citizen of the LUnited States,residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Sad-Irons, of which they fol-vlowing is a specification.

The present invention has reference to sad-irons, and more particularlyto sadirons of the gas-heated' type.

It proposes certain improvements, hereinafter specified at length, in orrelating to the construction of the body of the iron, whereby themixture of air and gas is caused to travel in a tortuous path throughthe interior of the iron, and concentrated at the point of the iron,where most desired, thus insuring a rapid and thorough heating, while,at the same time, the danger of the hands of the operator, andthematerial operated upon, becoming burned by the escaping heat isavoided.

An embodiment of the invention is illus trated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal, vertical section, takencentrally through the iron; Figs. 2 and 3 are horizontal and verticalsections, taken, respectively, on lines 2 2 and 3-3, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4Cis a perspective View of the delector.

As shown in said drawing, the improved iron consists of a hollow bodyportion 5, open at its rear end or heel, a top plate 6, provided with asuitable handle 7, and a heel plate 8. The aforesaid body 5 has theupper portion of each of its side walls formed with an open-topped,longitudinal chamber 9, which terminates adjacent to the front and rearends thereof, the outer section of the wall being provided with alongitudinal series of outlet openings 10, while the inner wall sectionis made of slightly less height than thesaid outer section for thepurpose of providing an inlet to such chamber.

The top plate 6 is adapted to rest upon the upper face of the body 5,and is detachably secured to the latter by means of screws, or othersuitable devices 11. It carries upon its, under face the deflectingplate 12, represented in Fig. 1, these two plates being preferablyconnected together by means of the bolts 13 which join the handle 7 tosaid top plate. The deflector is arranged within the interior of thebody 5, a short distance below the top thereof, and is of slightly lesswidth and length than the said interior space or chamber, in order topermit the heat and products of combustion to pass around its edges,upwardly and over the tops of the inner sections of the body walls, andinto the chambers 9, whence they finally escape through the openings 10.To cause the heat to concentrate toward the point of the iron, thedefiector is inclined forwardly and downwardly, as shown in Fig. l, andis Centered with respect to the top plate by means of a series ofupstanding lugs or projections 14, of di'erent heights, formed upon itsupper face.

The heel plate 8 fits at its side and bottom edges in seats 15 formed inthe rear ends of the side and bottom walls of the body 2, and isequipped with a double-ended socket 16, whose inner end projects intothe interior of the body and constitutes the burner, while its outer endis threaded and receives therein one end of the mixing tube 17, theother end of the latter being provided with a nipple 18 for theconnection of the usual, flexible gas tube, (not shown), thereto. Atopposite sides of the socket, the heel plate is formed with verticalslots 19 for the admission of air, and the said inner end of its socketis provided with a covering 20 of wire gauze.

Owing to the construction and arrangement of parts as above described,it will be apparent that the flame is confined entirely within theinterior of the iron and the heat, while necessarily concentrated towardthe point of the iron by reasonof the inclination of the deflector, iscaused to pass around the edges of the defiector and into the twochambers 9 before it can escape through the openings 10, so that a rapidheating of the iron is assured. The top plate, as previously stated, isdetachably connected to the body of the iron, and when removed, carrieswith it the deiector, as will be understood. The heel plate is likewisedetachable, so that when these two plates are removed the` entireinterior of the body is open and may be readily cleaned. A screw 21,01'other suitable device may be employed to hold the heel plate in place,the stem of such screw fitting in a recessed lip 22 formed at the top ofthe heel plate and extending into the interior of the body.

I claim y A hollow sad iron having its sides formed with open-toppedlongitudinal chambers, the outer Walls of said chambers having outletopenings extending therethrough at sub.

stantially the level of the bottoms of said chambers7 and the upperedges of the inner Walls of said chambers being below the Copies of thispatent may be obtained for five cents each,

wardly inclined plate arranged Within the interior of the iron andhaving a spaoebe- Ween `its.,v periphery and the inner Walls 0f saidchambers below the upper edges of the latter, and means for directing acombustible medium forwardly into the interior of .the ironand beneathsaid plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my handin presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

yROY W. KELLEY.

Witnessesf l HELEN E. GUNNERSON, FRED D. V'OLLMER.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0'.

